can penicillin stir up strep / cause symptoms

[laura s]

We suspected that my daughter (3) was the carrier and did a rx for penicillin. After the 3rd day, she started vomiting so I waited for that day's dose. Later she was better so I gave her a dose of penicillin. That night she had raging fever, sweating and smelled like "strep". Her throat culture was negative before I started the penicillin but I did not know that yet. Her titers came back normal but they said she has staph bacteria ?? but not concerned about it.

 

Just a coincidence she got sick on penicillin or is did it stir up strep hiding.

 

Thanks.

Laura

[peglem]

We suspected that my daughter (3) was the carrier and did a rx for penicillin. After the 3rd day, she started vomiting so I waited for that day's dose. Later she was better so I gave her a dose of penicillin. That night she had raging fever, sweating and smelled like "strep". Her throat culture was negative before I started the penicillin but I did not know that yet. Her titers came back normal but they said she has staph bacteria ?? but not concerned about it.

 

Just a coincidence she got sick on penicillin or is did it stir up strep hiding.

 

Thanks.

Laura

They weren't concerned about a staph infection? Or was it not an infection, just normal staph that everybody has some of in their throat flora? I think that is a strange reaction to penicillin.